Vincent D'Onofrio Quotes

I'm like anyone; I make a lot of my assumptions about actors I don't know from what I read about them. And then I'll find those judgments are often completely confounded when I meet them in real life.

People make conclusions about somebody before they actually get to know someone.

It was truly a lesson in don't take something at face value. You know, so many of us do in life. Whether it's because of how somebody looks or because of what they're wearing or what have you, you kind of assess a person in the first five minutes before they even speak.

I know people look at me and try to make conclusions about me immediately, based on the obvious, let's say.

People are so quick to judge and make decisions for themselves about situations they know absolutely nothing about.

I think that when people look at me, and they look at my height and my voice and my coloring, they automatically think, 'Tough.'

There's so many misconceptions about me and my personality. People think I'm not a nice person, you know, or maybe a diva; not just about me, but the misconceptions of other models as well, or supermodels.

The absolute basis of all prejudice is ignorance and generalization.

I came from the NFL, so people didn't like that, or they just try to make assumptions, and I think when you assume, you look stupid.

It's unfortunate how people assume so much about your life based on the work you do.

Everybody judges a book by its cover. I can look at 50 books and say every one of those books is bad. Then you read one, and you can say, 'This book is amazing.' That's the same with meeting people.

I tend to make snap judgements about people.

You can tell nothing from a man's appearance, nothing except the depths of your own prejudice.

People are like that, judging you before they know you.

People make snap judgments about me that are frequently misguided.

I don't believe in stereotypes. Most of the time, stereotypes are just that.

I find it hard to meet the right woman as people assume I'm a certain type of person - which I'm not.

The second we see somebody on the street or meet someone, we make snap judgments about them, about who they are and why we wouldn't necessarily sit with them or why we would or what's cool or not cool.

Stereotypes happen. I try not to embrace them or avoid them.

Whether it's because of how somebody looks or because of what they're wearing, you kind of assess a person in the first five minutes before they even speak.

Aversion toward the blind exists for the same reason that most prejudices exist: lack of knowledge. Ignorance is a powerful generator of fear. And fear slides easily into aggression and contempt.

Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.

Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know what he thinks he knows.

I think the problem I have is that first impressions are the ones that stick with people. And people's first impressions of me are obviously from the film, from 'Gregory's Girl.'

I judge people very quickly.